Sex attack victim acted out of fear, judge finds

A man has been jailed for the sexual assault of a woman in the Northern Territory last year.

Ricky Foster was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at Tennant Creek in November last year.

During sentencing in the Alice Springs Supreme Court, Justice Dean Mildren said the case was unusual, because on the day of the offence the victim did not say or do anything to indicate she was not consenting to sex.

But the judge said the victim only obeyed Foster's instructions for sexual intercourse because she was afraid he would become violent.

Foster has been sentenced to six years in jail, with a non-parole period of five years.